A girl who appeared in a girl group audition program scheduled to be aired in China and Thailand is receiving support from Chinese people by introducing herself as being from ‘Chinese Taiwan’.
This came amid expectations that cross-strait conflict would intensify following the election of anti-China and pro-US Democratic Progressive Party candidate Lai Ching-de in Taiwan’s recently held presidential election.
According to China’s Weibo on the 16th, the Korea-Thailand joint audition program ‘Chang Jo Young Asia’ will be aired on WeTV, China’s Tencent’s OTT platform, starting February 3 next month.
‘Chang Jo Young Asia’ is the sequel to the audition programs ‘Chang Jo Young 101’ and ‘Chang Jo Young 2020’, which were very popular in China.
Ahead of the broadcast, information on the 69 contestants is being released one by one, and China is showing interest in Taiwanese Ouyang Didi, born in 2004.
In a post posted in English and Chinese on his SNS, he said, “I came from China. He posted, “Please give us a lot of support.” Even though it is from Taiwan, it is written as ‘China’ and is receiving support from Chinese people.
His family relationship is also a hot topic. Ouyang Didi is the younger sister of Ouyang Nana, who is called ‘Taiwan’s IU’ and ‘Taiwan’s national little sister.’ She works as a cellist and actress and has appeared in famous Chinese dramas.
His father, who was also a broadcaster and actor, was elected as a member of the Taipei City Council in 2002 as an independent in Taipei, and later returned to the Kuomintang Party and served three consecutive terms. In 2009, he served as spokesperson for the National Party.
China’s interest in teenage audition contestants appears to have nothing to do with spreading online public opinion that ‘Taiwan is part of China’ following Taiwan’s recent presidential election. After Taiwan’s election, China cracked down on Weibo search terms and continued to send messages such as ‘The fact that Taiwan is part of China does not change.’
(Beijing = News 1)
Source: Donga
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